noun

His latest strategy - which he's toyed with before but is introducing in force this year - targets the lugs of youth, which he believes can be attuned to classical music once prised from more strident stimulations.

2A projection on an object by which it may be carried or fixed in place:mount the fitting directly to the lugs at each side of the box

Origin

Late 15th century (denoting the ear flap of a hat): probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedishlugg 'forelock, nap of cloth'. (sense 3) is perhaps from the 19th-century term denoting the lowest grade of tobacco.